Its a global experiment to see how many of us that it can suck into its evil clutches...I'm hooked

hehee

Stephen King doesn't have a mind this deviant!

nah. stephen king writes wholesome happy horror. not his style.

Daleks.

or possibly Cylons

maybe even the Borg

it's probably something more machiavelian, subversive, covert than that. like palpatine, hiding in plain sight.